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Just a point worth mentioning: if the MacBook Pro is actually "marketed to professionals," then the removal of the SD card slot makes a lot of sense. No "profes

Just a point worth mentioning: if the MacBook Pro is actually "marketed to professionals," then the removal of the SD card slot makes a lot of sense. No "professional" is using an SD card; they are using Compact Flash, CFast, XQD, 2.5" SSD, or a proprietary interface.

tjr 8y ago
Canon 5D cameras can use SD and CF cards simultaneously. I personally use the "less professional" 6D, which is SD-card only, but even for the "more professional" 5D users, it makes sense to me that they might want to load JPEGs off an SD card onto their laptop for quick editing, and RAW images off a CF card onto their Mac Pro. [EDIT: though, of course, if you're already hauling around a laptop and an SLR camera system, it's no big deal to keep an external card reader in your bag too...]
codetrotter 8y ago
Professional what though? Just because a pro photog has CF cards in all his cameras don’t mean there aren’t other professions where the pros need an SD card. Field recording and audio engineering people might have audio recording equipment that use SD cards. Software developers working with Raspberry Pi might appreciate having the SD slot built in. And also, just because the photogs don’t need SD don’t mean that people in other professions never need to transfer photos from SD. Probably a lot of journalists have cameras with SD cards. You can’t always bring a photographer for every article that you write.
FireBeyond 8y ago
I get what you're trying to say, but given that the 5D Mk IV still has an SD slot as does the D850 ("second tier" cameras to be sure, but still the work horse of a very large majority of professional photographers), it's not really that accurate. And I say that as someone who uses CF in his 5D4 (with SD for overflow, or simultaneous writing for more critical events).
lostlogin 8y ago
I disagree. The pro models are nearly entirely owned by enthusiasts and power users in my totally-representative sample. These people like options and are happy to pay for them.

tjr 8y ago

Canon 5D cameras can use SD and CF cards simultaneously. I personally use the "less professional" 6D, which is SD-card only, but even for the "more professional" 5D users, it makes sense to me that they might want to load JPEGs off an SD card onto their laptop for quick editing, and RAW images off a CF card onto their Mac Pro. [EDIT: though, of course, if you're already hauling around a laptop and an SLR camera system, it's no big deal to keep an external card reader in your bag too...]

codetrotter 8y ago

Professional what though? Just because a pro photog has CF cards in all his cameras don’t mean there aren’t other professions where the pros need an SD card. Field recording and audio engineering people might have audio recording equipment that use SD cards. Software developers working with Raspberry Pi might appreciate having the SD slot built in. And also, just because the photogs don’t need SD don’t mean that people in other professions never need to transfer photos from SD. Probably a lot of journalists have cameras with SD cards. You can’t always bring a photographer for every article that you write.

FireBeyond 8y ago

I get what you're trying to say, but given that the 5D Mk IV still has an SD slot as does the D850 ("second tier" cameras to be sure, but still the work horse of a very large majority of professional photographers), it's not really that accurate. And I say that as someone who uses CF in his 5D4 (with SD for overflow, or simultaneous writing for more critical events).

lostlogin 8y ago

I disagree. The pro models are nearly entirely owned by enthusiasts and power users in my totally-representative sample. These people like options and are happy to pay for them.